2025 Heats Schedule

All heats in 2025 will be screened at live screenings, and online on our Youtube channel @48HOURSNZ at the same time. This means that you can watch all the entries from across the country.  

Audience voting will be available for 30 mins at the end of each heat. Online heats will be available to view until the following day. 

Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

Please note that live heats screenings are trade screenings intended for cast and crew, and aren't public events. Some of the venues have limited numbers of seats so please consider how many people you bring along to the heats. 

 

Ōtautahi / Christchurch

All heats will be held at the Little Andromeda Theatre as well as screened on our Youtube Channel.

Location - Little Andromeda Theatre - Level 1/134 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch.
Capacity
- 100 seats.
Accessibility information -
Wheelchair accessible venue - you can let them know if you have specific requirements on their website.
Captions - This heat will be captioned in the cinema and will have closed captions available to turn on, on the Youtube stream.

Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

Heat #1 - The Chase is On!

Rating - Family Friendly (G), School Teams
Date/time
- Tuesday August 26th, 6:00 PM
ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/EH8wfD3QUAs

2 Fast 2 Rolleston - The Road Not Taken
2 Rolleston 2 Furious - The Little German Boy and the Cave
Azerbaijan Technologies - The Failing Grade
AV-engers - I am Princess X - (Disqualified)
AGHS ACME Film Co. - When's playtime over
Dollies - Zip
Hornby Heroes - THE LAST CHIP
MINZ Productions - The King of the Playground
Piece of Sign - Party Disrupted - (in person heat only)
Rupert The Goose Wizard - G.P. Taylor
The Hungry Caterpillars - Stick - (Disqualified)

Heat #2 - Death Comes For Us All...

Rating - Contains Adult Content - Violence, Death, Sensitive Content, Tense Scenes
Date/time
- Tuesday August 26th, 7:30 PM
ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/mPADz-m8UPU

12Characters - I have a buddy for that
Carmen Road Academy Films - Chase of the Lobster
Dennistribe - Misplaced Death
Handsome Moustache Productions - RED RAIN
Kapa Awhero - Brain Link
Murder for a Jar of Red Rum - The Beginning of the End
No Way a Papaya Won - Nothing Personal
StAC 1 - Studio Mask
Sub-par Cinema Society - Brunch Solstice
The Clueless Crew - The Letter - (Disqualified)
Will's Cinematic Catastrophes - Music To Die For

Heat #3 - The Chatterboxes!

Rating - Family Friendly (PG)
Date/time
- Wednesday August 27th, 6 PM
ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/YrlFufw88Qk

A48 - Scrambled
An Evening With - I MetaMan
Apotheosis - USBrie
Art & Experience - Unspoken
B.A.D Productions - To Reminisce
Best (not) Boys - Mini love
Breadstick - The Plot Thickens
Bruce's Babysitters - In Light of the Day
Cactus? - Gates To Castle Yonder
Dont call Karen - How NOT to Travel
Felix & Luke's Excellent Team - Singularity
JohnDooganPhoto - Tiny Pricks

Heat #4 - Last Man Standing...

Rating - Contains Adult Content - Explicit Language, Sexual Themes, Violence, Sensitive Content, Death
Date/time
- Wednesday August 27th, 7:30 PM
ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/PDLmsVURWsI

Reel Housewives - The Loch Nest
Eleven Monkeys - Pop's Precious Pranks
Everything Sticks - Burnt
Herms Heroes - LARVAE GIRL THE ROAD TO REVENGE
Francis Ford CouplaBoys - R I P
Harbour Light - A Helping Hand - (Disqualified)
House of Imagination - Daddys Home
Inclusive Performance Academy - Nature's Calling
Johnston Media - A Silence In Sam's Town
HINDSIGHT PRODUCTIONS - Martin Chodelys big adventure
Katipo Productions - Project Countdown 2: The Recount

Heat #5 - Sticky Situations!

Rating - Contains Adult Content - Violence, Sexual Themes, Moderate Language, Death
Date/time
- Thursday August 28th, 6:00 PM
ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/GwK54wwlv1w

Mad Scientists - You broke my space laser!
Magnificent B - Come Dine with Me
Meme Teme - Stuck in Invercargill
Merino - SCUM
MO Productions - One Star
Neato Productions - MILK!
Olax - Hi Santa, it's Charlie
Pegasus Films - A Delicate Situation
Pie Face - Data Management and Security Training
Pink Sock Films - Hauntoholics Anonymous
PlanetFoxFilms - The True Story of Billy the Horse

Heat #6 - Filled with DETERMINATION!

Rating - Contains Adult Content - Violence, Moderate Language, Death, Sensitive Themes
Date/time
- Thursday August 28th, 7:30 PM
ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/BSU9ptcnAzI

Punky - PREG-GO!
QUACK! Productions - Little Re-Writing Hood
Rabid Aunty Jean - Spoiler Alert
Render Rebels - Chaos Cabin
rip focus 2 - Flat Meeting
Running On Fumes - Reset Day
Samuel Wallace Productions - Emergency Key
Screen Qweens - For When You Wake
ScryptTeam - Ghost PTSD
Sexually Transmitted Cinema - Unspoken Words
shortsighted - The Pursuit Of Murder

Heat #7 - The STRANGEST of Things

Rating - Contains Adult Content - Violence, Moderate Language, Death, Sexual Themes
Date/time
- Thursday August 28th, 9:00 PM
ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/bTqZxEakhAU

Shrek 2 for Blu-ray - There Came a Big Spider
Sons of the Broadmeadow - Glove Box
Staircase Nation - Kingdom Animalia
Tasteful Misogyny - Precision Response Enforcement Comman...
TCC2 - Pariscope
Team Abyssinian - Turn It Off
The Awesome Sauces - The Soul Eater - (Disqualified)
The Hazy Pale Males - Walk It Off
The Pillbugs - I’ve Never Broken A Bone
TJB Digital - Substance 1
Toot Toot - 2025 national 48 hours winner

      Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington

      All heats will be held at the Massey University National Academy of Screen Arts Cinema as well as screened on our Youtube Channel.

      Location - Massey University National Academy of Screen Arts Cinema - Block 10, Old Dominion Museum Building.
      Capacity - 150 seats.
      Accesibility information - Wheelchair accessible, wheelchair seating in rear of cinema. Ramp access within the building. Stair entrance at front of building, but if you head south the ground rises to level of the building.

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Heat #1

      Rating - Contains Adult Content - Films include violence and coarse language. 
      Date/time - Friday August 29th, 5:15 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/gvl49-LMlSw

      2nd Row - Kettle To The Metal
      Almost Masters - Destination: Moon
      Broductions - The Haunting of Strathmore
      Clueless Productions - The Big Little Adventure
      Contrast - Last Minute in Heaven
      Cryptid Heartland - Tracking
      The Flamily - The Secret Garden
      HEATHERFOREVER - Joey Manifests a Clown
      Nutty Mosquitoes - GPT
      Skyler Films - A Child’s Best Friend
      Special Blend - Goldilocked!
      Take 48 - The Ghost Of Fisk
      Those Guys - A Grave Pain

      Heat #2

      Rating - Contains Adult Content - Films include violence and coarse language, and content that may disturb.
      Date/time - Friday August 29th, 6:45 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/nBVB8XLSnk8

      115 RUCKUS - MORE
      13 O Clock - Greening Out
      AuroraVision - THINGS
      Cant Sleep Clowns Will Eat Me - Lunch Rush
      Couch Kumara - Agapanthus Christie
      Harley's Angels - An Apple a Day
      Killing Karma Studios - MOUSE TRAP!
      Latest and Greatest - Killing Time
      Mahi Dogs - Nuts & Bolts
      Ngā Pakiaka - Whero
      Phonetic - The Grind
      Rebels Without a Budget - Oath of Ashes - (Disqualified)
      Stud's Production - The Roommate From Hell

      Heat #3

      Rating - Contains Adult Content - Films include violence, coarse language, drug use, and distressing themes such as domestic violence. 
      Date/time - Friday August 29th, 8:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/765r-Z90I3o

      15 Hallways - Sausage Samurai: Dogs of Doom and Chaos
      4th Level Productions - Final Call
      Bald Guy and Co - Bad Trip
      Criminal Bro - Tapped
      Glitter Swarm - Lucy and Speed
      Grouchy Crouch - Family Duels
      Infinity Pup - Division of Assets
      Peeping Thong - Big Wig's Drag Chase
      Pigeon Productions - Interrogatio
      Skåne Money Productions - Information Hazard
      Stunseed - Bubble O'Bill in Lost in the Des(s)ert
      Unconventional Inspirations - Travelling Spirits

      Heat #4

      Rating - PG - Films may contain adult themes and language, parental guidance is advised.
      Date/time - Saturday August 30th, 2:15 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/4nIGfaUEPR0

      Cinetrance - Everchild - (Disqualified)
      Fingo - A Kiwi Weihnachten
      Fix it in Post - Call to Cancel
      Just Here For The Zipline - On Hold
      Just the Crust - Nobuddy Like You
      NITRO - Dungeon Crawl
      Positive Barry - Grounded
      Reuben.T.Edwards - A Dinner At Six
      Second Chance Charlie - Exit Left
      steelpotato 2.0 - eggy hoas
      The Same Team Name - SOMEBUNNYSWATCHING

      Heat #5

      Rating - PG - Films may contain adult themes and language, parental guidance is advised.
      Date/time - Saturday August 30th, 3:45 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/AjdBcEZd2ko

      Bucket fountain filmmakers - Penniless birds
      Eliza May Films - How to train a ghost
      Filmanui - Creature Watch
      Kākāpō - Purgatory
      Let’s Kiss Productions - Bound - (Disqualified)
      Levin The Dream - Terminal Adventure
      Long & Convoluted - Preservatorium
      Nannies In Nappies - Hey...
      No Class Productions - More than meets the eye
      Noan - My Best Friend Santa
      Waiting for a mate - The Kneel Deal
      Wellington Film Collaborators - Pet Peeve

      Heat #6

      Rating - Contains Adult Content - Films include violence, sexual references, and coarse language. 
      Date/time - Saturday August 30th, 5:15 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/f_zPb-P1eog

      British Tea Party - One Last Kill
      Comica Pictures - Work Ethics
      Outcasts - Candice Sprinklepuff & the Queen's Quest
      Raumati State of Mind - Ashes to Ashes
      Sausage Fest Productions - Spilt Ink
      ScAvengers - Tiers of Despair
      Seven Princesses and the Frog - Major Error
      Slapstick Pīwakawaka - Daffodil Hill
      SPLITelevision Productions - SLOP JOCKEY
      Square Iris - IN A BIND
      The Gentle Grips - Hot Crumbz
      Two Things - Quite Recently

      Heat #7

      Rating - Contains Adult Content - Films include violence, sexual references and coarse language. 
      Date/time - Saturday August 30th, 6:45 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/U-zhCI0IeD4

      Crew 36 - A Night at the Round Table
      Daiso One - Saulé Has No Eyes But His Gaze Pierces - (Disqualified)
      Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies - Checkmate
      Kettle of Fish - Ridin' Hood
      My Dog Has Alopecia - Maidens United
      No Dramas - 48 Hours is not enough
      Red Container - Homunculi
      Silver Window - The Hermit's Flute
      Sweet Rat Media - Killer Views
      Team Animal Rights - Bunny Buddies
      Team Benji - Pick Up Point - (Disqualified)
      Typhoid Films - Sox & Violence

      Heat #8

      Rating - Contains Adult Content - Films include sexual references, violence and coarse language.
      Date/time - Saturday August 30th, 8:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/7fzznCRl-lc

      Dangerzone Films - Urn
      Digital Dungeon - Happy Holidays
      Hatsune Michael - Battle of the Moonlets
      Lamps and Plants - Franquelin
      Maximum Impact - To Ghost, Or Not To Ghost - (Disqualified)
      Pixel Pixies - Baby Girl
      Squirtmunch - Found Foot
      Strathavon Studios - The One Less Travelled
      Suspicious Snapper - "Originality"
      Ugly Fruit - Show Me Your Moon!
      Swan Ronson - Leak
      We Only Need 47 - Mega Sachs

      Heat #9

      Rating - This heat is family friendly.
      Date/time - Sunday August 31st, 2:15 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/gOFGkn2nbGM

      Academy Award Winners - Buddy - Bound By Time
      Bartlett Films - The Missing Engagement Ring
      PBSTV FILM UNIT 25 - The Boy Who Slipped
      Rotten Apple Productions - The End Of Us
      Sasquatch Studios - Priscilla's Present
      Screen Screamers - Camp Possum
      St Bernard's #1 - Aftertaste
      Student Acrylics - The Fairy Godmother
      Styrofish - Teleporty Doohickey
      That Old Piece of Metal in the Backyard - The Porridge Stone - (Disqualified)
      The Beige Menace - Paws Off - (Disqualified)
      The Tonsils - BIRTHDAY SURPRISE [GONE WRONG]
      Veto - EML-577
      We Are Not a Cult - Uncle Barry's adventure
      Lights, camera, action -  The Bot

      Heat #10

      Rating - These films were made by school teams but contain adult content - including violence, sexual references, underaged drinking, suspense and coarse language. 
      Date/time - Sunday August 31st, 3:45 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/JKHmRSG_EfI

      67 - Duck Duck Ghost
      Best Damn Pram Team - Two Months 'Til Christmas
      Common Issues - The Machine
      Flabellina Studios - So Dead
      Goat - 2 Thugs, A Woman, and a Dog
      Heavy Metal Platypus - Boys Weekend!
      HVHS for the wings - DreamGirl.ai
      Nation o' Shrimp - Kelvin's fruit discs
      Oh!Shoot - One for the Money
      Part Time Rapscallions - Fiery Vengeance
      PHH Production - Homesick
      Thop Marx - My Relic
      WC Spaghetti - Petty filching
      WHS Anderson - AFFLICTION ADVENTURES

      Heat #11

      Rating - These films were made by school teams but contain adult content - including violence, coarse language, suspense and subject matters that may be distressing to some people. 
      Date/time - Sunday August 31st, 5:15 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/y3sFivY3TSc

      5 Point Pictures - Thrift
      BELJA STUDIO - Errands - (Disqualified)
      Break The Mould Films - Need For Feed
      Cowboy productions - 12 hours
      Doctor Worm - Gone Stale
      FCL - The Sleepover - (Disqualified)
      Girly Pop Studio - Finding Shakespeare - (Disqualified)
      Lightning McQueens - Off The Shelf
      Saffy P - Zemblanity
      Super Seniors - Crashout Christmas
      the big 3 - An Eye For An Eye
      The Soviet Onion - The Ordeal
      The Sunday Best - The Race Aganst... Thyme
      We Thought This Was a Study Group… - You're a Monster.

      Heat #12

      Rating - Contains Adult Content - Films include sexual references, violence, and coarse language.
      Date/time - Friday September 5th, 6:15 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/MzU3b0c8VlM

      Bag of Rats - Helping Hands
      Bus Stop Productions - The pen is mighty
      Chowder on the Rocks - Fuse
      Dirty Spoon Productions - In Safe Hands
      E Film Collaborators - Trust Over Time
      Fart Room Paris Sunshine - 1000 Years Young
      Fine Medium - Only One
      Nutbar Films - The Last Will and Testament of Reginald
      Scruffster and Cat - Karma Kweens
      Ultimation Studios - The Bug Who Loved Me
      Wetter Workshop - MasterGrass

      Heat #13

      Rating - Contains Adult Content - Films include sexual references, violence, gore, coarse language and content that may be distressing to some people.
      Date/time - Friday September 5th, 7:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/Ptu9Fx9HKyQ

      18th Circle - Respect for the Dead - (Disqualified)
      Big Bugs - Herm, Sweet Herm
      Ehmiy Studios - The Truth Will Come Out
      Enchilada Smith - Diva Down
      Exbee - Only the Dead
      FilmedIt Studios - You, Me and the Rock Named Jeffrey - (Disqualified)
      Mind Blank Productions - A Song of Knight and Squire
      Pommel Horse Productions - Flatmate Wanted
      Twotors - A Killing
      Vandals in Jandals - #BESTLIFE
      Videoshop - Ritual
      World Wide Wellington - Marionette

      Across Aotearoa

      Heat #1 - Ōtepoti / Dunedin

      Rating - FAMILY FRIENDLY - PG
      Date/time -
      Friday August 29th, 6:15pm
      ONLINE LINK  - https://youtu.be/XHmsZ_pDDlw
      Location - Castle 1 Lecture Theatre - 75 Albany Street, Dunedin.
      Map to Castle 1 Lecture Theatre.
      Capacity -
      320 seats. 
      Accessibility information - Wheelchair accessible venue, spaces for wheelchairs at front of theatre.

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      48 hours of Musical Theatre - Fridgid
      Clueless Kings - IT WAS ALL WORTH IT
      Concerned and Confused - The Quest for the Golden Old Man's Beard
      Girl In The Mirror - LUMP
      Notmad - Into Oblivian
      PEAKE PRODUCTIONS - Marbles
      Skumble - Nana's Gift
      SOHS 1 - The BnB Experience
      SOHS 3 - The Holiday Film [no name]

      Heat #2 - Ōtepoti / Dunedin

      Rating - Contains adult content - Violence, Drug use, murder, sexual themes
      Date/time -
      Friday August 29th, 7:30pm
      ONLINE LINK  - https://youtu.be/r3ERpr4elV8
      Location - Castle 1 Lecture Theatre - 75 Albany Street, Dunedin.
      Map to Castle 1 Lecture Theatre.
      Capacity -
      320 seats. 
      Accessibility information - Wheelchair accessible venue, spaces for wheelchairs at front of theatre.

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Fredrick - Croc Hunting
      Andromeda Productions - [REDACTED] Has Joined the Call
      Beyond Earth Productions - How can I get to hospital
      Bus of the Undead - Trip Hazard
      In Cinemas Now - Six Feet Further - (Disqualified)
      Mayodaze - Toast
      Saturday Productions - Under the Bed
      STABCAM - Ride or Die
      Sweet Madness - Kat and Maus
      The Happy Little Peas - The Devil Wears Pleather

      Heat #3 - Kirikiriroa / Hamilton

      Rating - FAMILY FRIENDLY - Some themes around death.
      Date/time -
      Sunday August 31st, 3:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/WRdYayioqN4

      Location - Lido Cinema - Centre Place Level 1/501 Victoria Street, Hamilton Central - Cinema 2.
      Capacity - 90 seats. 
      Accessibility information - Lift access from carpark to cinema, lift within cinema as well that leads to Bryce St, ramps in all cinemas. Wheelchair seating available inside cinema. 

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      BCMA Actors and Filmmakers - Tamati's Wairua
      BrasKiwi - PLOSH!
      Four and a half Musketeers - Dead Ball
      Hamilton Film Collaborators - MY PRECIOUS
      HGHS 13 - Ghost Diaries
      Muddy Brilliant - Happily Ever After-ish
      New Tiger Media - Last Hoorah!
      Untitled Document - Lost Coin

      Heat #4 - Kirikiriroa / Hamilton

      Rating - YOUTH - Some adult themes and violence.
      Date/time -
      Monday September 1st, 6:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/ndA2SO9_vjY

      Location - Lido Cinema - Centre Place Level 1/501 Victoria Street, Hamilton Central - Cinema 2.
      Capacity - 90 seats. 
      Accessibility information - Lift access from carpark to cinema, lift within cinema as well that leads to Bryce St, ramps in all cinemas. Wheelchair seating available inside cinema. 

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Oreo Sandwhich - Fall Out
      Project X - Dust & Desire
      Sacabambaspis - Petals in the Gallows
      SJC Eagles - The RARO Effect
      Steven (and the Stevens) - The Tale of the Minion - (Disqualified)
      Mango Bird - Badcock
      The Grimm Sisters - Canis Familiaris
      Tuppaware - Strings of Fate

      Heat #5 - Kirikiriroa / Hamilton

      Rating - Contains adult content - adult themes, violence, explicit language.
      Date/time -
      Wednesday September 3rd, 6:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/geZBQ6k4vlo

      Location - Lido Cinema - Centre Place Level 1/501 Victoria Street, Hamilton Central - Cinema 2.
      Capacity - 90 seats. 
      Accessibility information - Lift access from carpark to cinema, lift within cinema as well that leads to Bryce St, ramps in all cinemas. Wheelchair seating available inside cinema. 

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Russley Pictures - Too Far Gone
      From The Spoon Films - The 'Bestest' Best Man
      Haphazard Productions - In Time's Grip
      Milk - Oops, We Killed Her!
      RS Productions - Forever hold your pants
      Day Off Studio - Another Day In Paradise
      The Tuna Kidz - Survival of the Shittiest
      Spring Onion - Bad Apples

      Heat #6 - Online only

      Rating - The first seven films are family friendly, the last three films contain adult content - Nudity, Violence, sex scenes, murder.
      Date/time -
        Saturday September 6th, 6:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/agbt5AUmZxs

      Location - Your place

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      FAMILY FRIENDLY
      Five Elements Media - SuckedIn
      MGC Film Club - Rear View
      Over and Out - The Working Holiday
      Sacred Vision - Get That Cheese!
      Team Northland - Family Christmas Monopoly
      Terrible Ideas - Toad In The Hole
      YLANG YLANG - OPERAHAUS - (Disqualified)
      ADULTS ONLY - Nudity, Violence, sex scenes, murder - note there will be a title before these films so you can move the kids along.
      CASA CARLTON - Backseat
      Boddybag - Maggie Mynx 6 Rise of the Reptiloids
      Richard Cheddar and the Cheese - Timenol

      Heat #7 - Tauranga

      Rating - Family Friendly
      Date/time -
        Sunday September 7th, 2:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/Lnjv7Sc0yU4

      Location - The Village Cinema is located in the Historic Village at 159, 17th Avenue, Tauranga South, Tauranga.
      Capacity - 60 seats
      Accessibility information - Wheelchair access and reserved seating on request in the cinema. For accessibility, feel free to email directly here: access@theincubator.co.nz or check out the website.

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Conglamugation - Railroaded
      Cucumber Cup Creations - The Second Sprouting
      Garbage Goblins - Charred Ties
      Janky But Decent - Ball Gowns and Breakdowns
      Sena Pictures - The Courier
      TEAM GOODAS - The Quest 2000
      The Immortal Think Tank - The Bad Tasting Hero
      Wagon wheels - Once Upon a Wolf

      Heat #8 - Tauranga

      Rating - PG - Suitable for youth but contains adult themes
      Date/time -
        Sunday September 7th, 3:45 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/ma3juXWjJK0

      Location - The Village Cinema is located in the Historic Village at 159, 17th Avenue, Tauranga South, Tauranga.
      Capacity - 60 seats
      Accessibility information - Wheelchair access and reserved seating on request in the cinema. For accessibility, feel free to email directly here: access@theincubator.co.nz or check out the website.

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Anatidaephobia - Lou
      Great Lake Film Society - The Hat Trick
      LoveByrds - LoveByrds
      Guavablue Productions - Christmiss
      Golden Ratio - Thirst
      Rat Tranquilliser - With Hunt
      RGHS Reel Society - Auto Intelligence
      The Bungle Boys - CODE Brown

      Heat #9 - Waihōpai / Invercargill
      (Includes Queenstown teams)

      Rating - The first five films are FAMILY FRIENDLY with themes around death, the last three films are suitable for older children - YOUTH with Murder themes.
      Date/time -
      Friday September 12th, 6:00 PM (arrive 5.30 for snacks).
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/gSBIshJpxR0

      In person location - Southern Institute of Technology.
      SIT has two entrances and shows on Google Maps under the name: Te Rau O Te Huia / SIT Centre for Creative Industries - 133 Tay Street or 113 Esk Street, Hawthorndale, Invercargill
      Capacity - 120 seats
      Accessibility information - Wheelchair accessible.

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Anubis House - Flatline
      Discombobulated Pistachios - Earth Day
      Nothing Happened Productions - Walking Buddy
      Orangutan Soup - Think about it, bro.
      Panic Street Studios - Spring Cleaning
      The Mismatched Misfits - Signal Lost
      Peaked in Film School - Afterimage
      Midnight Sunburn - Every Last Bastard

      Heat #10 - Ahuriri / Napier

      Book tickets to this event on EVENTFINDER (free).

      Rating - Contains adult themes - violence. Note that the first two films are family friendly.
      Date/time -
        Friday September 12th, 7:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/E1ErgJDv01U

      Location - Century Theatre - MTG Hawkeʻs Bay - 1 Tennyson Street, Napier South, Napier.
      Capacity - 300 seats.
      Accessibility information - Ground floor access. Wheelchair seating available inside cinema.

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Family Friendly
      Confused Antelope - Grandma's House
      Mumfitt - You’re it
      Contains Adult themes - violence
      20 bears - The disappearance of old money
      Fleapit Charlatans 2.0 - ENCIPH3R
      MyJoJa - Coming Home
      PB&J The Long Way - RABBIT HOLE
      REDAACTED BLACKBOOK - Better Watch Out
      Rotovegas - Suspect 13
      The Six Seveners - Squatter
      Unsalted Films - The Cleaners

      Heat #11 - Ngāmotu / New Plymouth

      Rating - Family Friendly
      Date/time -
        Saturday September 13th, 2:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/Bmul44cukFc

      Location - Len Lye Cinema - Govett-Brewster Art Gallery - 42 Queen Street, New Plymouth.
      Capacity - 60 seats.
      Accessibility Information - Ground floor or ramp/slight incline to enter cinema, 2 wheelchair spaces inside the cinema

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Birthday Party Productions - Cat-ch Me If You Can
      Bread and Butter Productions - Wheels of Success
      Muse Crew - S'more Than Meets The Eye
      NPGHS 1 - The Slow and the Stupid
      NPGHS 2 - The Shadow Reaper
      Te Kohanga Moa - 2 - The Keeper
      Te Kohanga Moa - 1 - Man vs Machine - (Disqualified)

      Heat #12 - Whakatū / Nelson

      Rating - This is a mixed heat including six school teams. Some of the films contain adult themes including violence and bad language. The final film in the heat contains a lot of swearing so people may wish to step out if they have children with them. Please note that swearing has been beeped out for the cinema screening but remains in the online screening.
      Date/time -
        Saturday September 13th, 3:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/-GKCRs0eF4M

      Location - State Cinemas - 91 Trafalgar Street, Nelson.
      Capacity - 100 seats
      Accessibility Information - Ground floor or ramp/slight incline to enter cinema, 2 wheelchair spaces inside the cinema

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Naycol Jelly Beans - The Nightmare After Christmas - (Disqualified)
      Naycol Fruitbrusts - The Coin
      Naycol Lollipops - Sweet Dreams
      Naycol Skittles - The Dollhouse
      Naycol Pineapple Lumps - C0087
      Naycol Jetplanes - Phoneomenon
      MCY Theatre - Lunch Rush
      Haring Productions - The Abandoned House of Hiccups
      Moose Ninja Studios - Micro Heist


      Please note that this last film has a lot of swearing. This has been beeped out for the cinema screening but remains in the online screening. 

      Tuesday Films - Failed Ambitions

      Heat #13 - Ngāmotu / New Plymouth

      Rating - Contains adult content - death, gore, drugs and violence.
      Date/time -
        Saturday September 13th, 3:45 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/yLrVxMdsX_Q

      Location - Len Lye Cinema - Govett-Brewster Art Gallery - 42 Queen Street, New Plymouth.
      Capacity - 60 seats.
      Accessibility Information - Ground floor or ramp/slight incline to enter cinema, 2 wheelchair spaces inside the cinema.

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      By Any Other Name - What Remains
      Los Primos - Unseen
      Pastafarian Productions - Morgan's Organs
      Plywood League - Side Quest

      ADULT - Adult themes, drugs, violence
      The B-Rollers - Arthur I
      rock lamp - Toe Jam
      Synaesthesia - Sycamore Place

      Heat #14 - Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne

      Book tickets to this event on EVENTFINDER (free).

      Rating - The first three films are family friendly - The remaining films contain adult themes - Drugs, violence and bad language.
      Date/time -
        Saturday September 13th, 7:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/qjnwqXTAsYk

      Location - Odeon Multiplex - 79 Gladstone Road, Gisborne.
      Capacity - 290 seats.
      Accessibility Information - Ground floor access, wheel chair friendly seating.

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Family Friendly
      Butterfly Hill Productions - Maximum Glamour
      Cowps Junior - The Tennis Monster
      Toro Ake - Cop a Sec - The Long Yarn Of The Law
      Contains Adult Themes

      Fusion HAA! - Once Upon a Time in Kaiti
      Hot Lunch - 48 Hours Later
      Radio Silence - Before times through - (Disqualified)
      Rāngai Masters - Boyz In Da Wood
      TBASS - tNiWHA
      The Handsome Knights - Nat ONE - (Disqualified)

      Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland

      All heats will be held at the Covert Theatre as well as screened on our Youtube Channel.

      Location - Covert Theatre - 51 Mackelvie Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland.
      Capacity - 80 seats.
      Accessibility information - This room will be wheelchair accessible, with ability to retract seats in front row to allow for wheelchair access.

      Doors will open 15 minutes before screening for all heats.

      Heat #1

      Rating - Adult content - violence, murder, supernatural themes, language.
      Date/time - Saturday September 6th, 1:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/xAiD6dwJkBI

      1001 - The Last Holiday
      Anxious Tummy - Two Minutes, One Cup
      BaD Films - Over Again
      Black Screen Collective - A State
      Brick Wall studios - 13/10/2017
      Bulgogi Cheese Hoagie - Cold Ones
      Chinese Sausage Productions - Lollipop!
      chips cheese cats etc - The Dirtiest Boy In The World
      Choreographed Chaos - Filthy
      CRAKD - TOASTED

      Heat #2

      Rating - Family Friendly.
      Date/time - Saturday September 6th, 2:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/9EzGgcziRPs

      A GOOD SQUEEZE - My Boo
      All-In Productions - Ticket Home
      Angle3 Pictures - Once Upon a Time, There Was You
      Auckland Film Collaborators - Holiday Hitman
      A Weka Stole My Lunchbox - Open Home
      Awkward Animations - MOTHER
      Boy Oh Boy - Maximum Efficiency
      Breakfast Battalion - The Time Killer
      Broken Glass - Memoria
      Enter the Hollow - Hope Mirrored is Despair

      Heat #3 - Tertiary Teams 

      Rating - Adult content: sexual themes, drug use, violence, supernatural. themes, implied suicide.
      Date/time - Saturday September 6th, 4:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/yyeL_D9X6OI

      Anthony - He's Here
      B Block - Seek
      Last Minute Productions - CLARKS BLAZEY DAY
      Bazinga Squad - A Tale of Two Cups
      Golden Hour - Wrongo Wrongo
      Leech on the Loose - First Impressions
      Lisztomaniacs - We come in Geek
      Solstice Pictures - The Weakest Link
      Studio Spider - 4 CaCRTIIaLR
      The Neighbour's Weird Kids - Dumb Luck
      Becomreal - Imminent

      Heat #4

      Rating - Adult Content: violence, alcoholism/addiction, vaping, grief, racism, bad language.
      Date/time - Sunday September 7th, 2:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/YabbkEOeyrg

      Lazy Bones - Tinfoiled
      Footage All Gone - I'm so proud of you.
      Glowtime - Party Puffers
      G - UNIT - MATEBOT (OR, COVID-2: SO MUCH WORSE)
      Hart Attack - Hey Chat!
      Jake The Sound Guy - The Shroud
      Light Work - Game On!
      Lizzies Lovelies - Cuffing Season
      Permanently Confused - iTROLL
      SollaSollaSolla - Del Hundimiento

      Heat #5 - Schools

      Rating - Family Friendly.
      Date/time - Sunday September 7th, 4:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/L5lXGpNBnoU

      ACHILLES' ELBOW - Silly Geese
      Avondale College - A SPANNER IN THE WORKS
      B25 Films - GHOSTED
      Black Watch Films - Yuletide
      Chums - Girl and Monster
      Margot meets Clyde - Sardines
      CRUTCHES - Distorted
      Derulinators - Lost Time
      Digi Cam - Double Tap
      Emergency Backup - Again

      Heat #6

      Rating - Family Friendly.
      Date/time - Sunday September 7th, 5:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/59_IggcAtss

      Frauleins, oh frauleins - Parcel Pup
      Jovial Entertainment - Maybe Daddy
      Little Piggies - A WISH FROM THE HEART
      Magic Suitcase - Something for Santa
      Marchmallow - The Race Against Thyme
      Nauta - Upshift
      Nazareth Black - Wish out of Water
      PISA PISA Ō - Simmer
      Salmon & Owl - Anti-Nostalgia

      Heat #7

      Rating - Adult Content: violence, alcoholism, drug use, sexual content.
      Date/time - Sunday September 7th, 7:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/q3iOGq9Ipww

      Film the People - RealYou
      Studio Suski - Ghost Lily
      Stiff Little Joints - Squeaky Wheels
      Stray Path - Cold Feet
      TAM - Boat
      TheBeeGees - Tinder For Dogs
      The Horny Owls - The Occupation
      The Yacht Club Production - Unsung Alien
      Tylor Keith Productions - Act Cool
      Vaughn A.Bandons - Fertilizer
      Wonky Toe - Gotcha

      Heat #8

      Rating - Family Friendly.
      Date/time - Saturday September 13th, 1:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/8rSTmP6tKzM

      Bassline Creative - Caught Out 

      First Name Basis - Brewed Awakening
      Daal Bhaat Cut - The Inevitable
      Secret Desert - Graveyard Shift
      Sealami - Mouse No. 39
      Team Spielberg - Followed
      The Backup Plan - Swallowed
      Take A Hike - A Recipe For Love
      Tidy Mess - The GodMother
      Zer05um - Like and Subscribe

      Heat #9 - Western Springs College + other schools!

      Rating - Some adult themes: violence, mild cannibalism.
      Date/time - Saturday September 13th, 2:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/ZH0HQgVmj1A

      Despicable We - Baby Fever
      Elmer's Clear Glue - Scopophobia
      Flip Phone - The BOO-tiful Sea
      Les Garçons - Intervention
      Niche Community - Bite Me
      Rambunctious Pitchers - what happens next might surprise you!
      The Fellowship of The Film - Hunted
      The Opp Shop - Lenses
      The Big Dogs TM - When Pigs Drive - (Disqualified)
      Mr Red Productions - Operation Spearmint

      Heat #10 - DQ Heat 

      Rating - Some adult themes: violence.
      Date/time - Saturday September 13th, 4:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/ArMjQcuo11w

      The Film Alliance - Got Beef? - (Disqualified)
      AGS - Exit Protocol
      UNE - Monkey Business - (Disqualified)
      Any Road - Point Of Last Seen - (Disqualified)
      Events Crew Squad - Cardboard - (Disqualified)
      Not Too Shabby - Breakfast in Bed - (Disqualified)
      Quarter of a Glass - Two Steps Closer - (Disqualified)
      Rouge Emu - Cake Fancy Small - (Disqualified)
      The Sassy Cats - BINARY FISHING - (Disqualified)
      Dead Slate Collective - Cameraman Never Dies 

      Heat #11 - Macleans College Heat

      Rating - Some adult themes: violence.
      Date/time - Sunday September 14th, 2:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/g4C93S7HYVA

      2 More Nights at MACleans - The P Movie
      Big MAC - Volcanic Explosivity Index
      Corporate MAChine - The Wrong Guy
      Hey MACarena - Always Here
      Lights, Camera, MACtion - Claiming Mine
      MACaroni - The Captain and The Gemstone
      MACbeam Ice Cream - The fall between us
      MACbook Pro - The Muffin Dilemma
      MACdustry - When the chips are down...
      MAChemical Romance - MVI_6725

      Heat #12 - Macleans College Heat

      Rating - Family friendly.
      Date/time - Sunday September 14th, 4:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/fQk_oiDMsd0

      MACminions - The Lost Gem
      MAC n Cheese - dreaming of you
      MACstreet Boys - The CottonBoy
      MAC Studio - An Overly Dramatic Chase
      MAC to the Future - Momster
      MAC Verstappen - The Perfect Sandwich
      School of MACkerel - F. THIS
      The MACheads - Make it sound human
      MACsabbath - POPSICARDIO

      Heat #13 - School and tertiary teams

      Rating - Family Friendly.
      Date/time - Sunday September 14th, 5:30 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/BQCeYaKSo7c

      1D20 - Roll the Dice
      Elderly and Cautious - Mousetrap
      Iranian Fluffer Films - My 6-Inch Life
      The Gluesticks - BLT: Bad Lunch Time
      GBAV - Bored Games
      Green Babes - The Plan
      STUFFED PRODUCTIONS - Wild Goose Chase
      Superfriends - What's Rollin'?
      Ka Pai Kids - Final Ride - Monster Energy
      Lights, Camera, Panic! - What Remains
      Marcellin College - Digital Genie

      Heat #14 - School teams

      Rating - Some adult themes: violence.
      Date/time - Sunday September 14th, 7:00 PM
      ONLINE LINK - https://youtu.be/2I7q40KnBFc

        Han Solo - echoes
        Incredibly Locked Out - Blindside
        MINHAN'S MINIONS - The End Of Us
        NOT SPONSORED - Torn
        Team Ken - A Slip In Time
        TEN FOLD LCD - Distorted
        The 404 Crew - The Other Brother
        The Fellas - The Unicorn With A Dream
        The Lamppost Team - The Unsolved
        WGPC Productions - My Love
        Winter - School Speedrun